MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 38.84,-90.93 Latitude: 38.84 Longitude: -90.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 116 SFC 991 190 21.1 14.8 67 6.3 17.0 173 9 295.0 296.9 290.5 325.8 10.74 2 950 557 19.3 14.4 73 5.0 16.1 199 26 296.8 298.8 291.2 328.3 10.88 3 900 1022 17.9 12.4 70 5.5 14.4 223 18 300.0 301.8 291.6 329.7 10.13 4 850 1509 15.5 5.8 53 9.7 9.9 213 18 302.4 303.6 289.6 322.8 6.83 5 800 2021 13.3 -4.1 29 17.5 4.9 208 19 305.4 306.0 287.5 316.3 3.52 6 750 2560 10.6 -6.6 29 17.1 2.7 205 23 308.0 308.6 288.1 317.8 3.11 7 700 3131 7.4 -9.1 30 16.6 0.2 204 26 310.7 311.2 288.6 319.5 2.73 8 650 3736 3.4 -8.6 41 12.1 -1.9 204 28 312.8 313.4 289.6 322.7 3.06 9 600 4380 -0.3 -11.6 42 11.3 -4.9 210 28 315.8 316.3 290.1 324.3 2.62 10 550 5071 -4.7 -13.6 50 8.9 -8.1 211 25 318.5 319.0 290.7 326.6 2.44 11 500 5813 -9.7 -17.8 52 8.1 -12.4 211 24 321.2 321.6 291.0 327.6 1.89 12 450 6617 -15.5 -24.1 48 8.6 -17.8 212 22 323.7 324.0 291.2 328.0 1.21 13 400 7495 -21.4 -30.0 46 8.5 -23.2 211 28 327.1 327.3 291.7 330.0 0.79 14 350 8467 -26.6 -30.3 71 3.7 -27.3 218 40 332.9 333.1 293.4 336.2 0.88 15 300 9562 -35.3 -39.1 68 3.8 -35.8 217 42 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.2 0.43 16 250 10801 -47.0 -51.0 63 4.0 -47.1 219 42 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.14 17 200 12242 -53.9 -66.8 19 12.8 -54.2 218 47 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14059 -62.6 -82.6 5 20.0 -62.8 222 24 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16499 -70.3 -86.7 7 16.4 -70.4 248 22 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.54 m Freezing level: 604.01 mb = 4328.65 m = 14201.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.23 mb = 3186.78 m = 10455.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.70 mb = 986.54 m = 3236.63 ft T: 18.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 13.43 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.14 mb = 2624.97 m = 8612.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.44 C = 93.99 F Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lifted Index: 2.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.79 C Showalter Index: 5.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 15.52 C K Index: 14.42 Risk: None Sweat Index: 129.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5742.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.41 mb = 1336.33 m = 4384.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.1 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 238.1 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.9 neg: -4.8 tot: 93.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.35 Bulk Shear: 4.66 m/s